A case study: the knowledge and awareness levels of copyright infringement among learners utilising digital technologies in Sunway College Johor Bahru

Technologies especially Web 2.0 tools and mobile devices are transforming the way education is delivered. As such higher education institutions are experiencing an emerging pedagogical trend that may cause copyright infringement. The Copyright Act 1987 was legislated to inspire continuing creative...

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Main Authors: Krishnaveni Sritharan, *, Wee, Vivien Mui Eik *, Chin, Rachel May Ying, Jong, Emmy Ee Mei
Format: Book Section
Language:English
Published: Sunway College Kuala Lumpur 2015
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Online Access:http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/292/
http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/292/1/Krishnaveni.pdf
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author Krishnaveni Sritharan, *
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description Technologies especially Web 2.0 tools and mobile devices are transforming the way education is delivered. As such higher education institutions are experiencing an emerging pedagogical trend that may cause copyright infringement. The Copyright Act 1987 was legislated to inspire continuing creative work among academicians. Hence, the knowledge and awareness of Copyright Law and its infringement becomes increasingly significant in protecting the academicians’ work. Unawareness of the law can cause students to infringe the law and it can affect academicians’ work. An initial survey was conducted on 127 first year students from all nine programmes of Sunway College Johor Bahru. The results reveal that although the respondents have a relatively high awareness level and claim to understand the infringement; their actual knowledge level is only approximately 50% of the law. Also, the knowledge and awareness levels have very little correlation with the attitude level towards the Copyright Law.
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spelling sunway-2922016-03-26T10:47:03Z http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/292/ A case study: the knowledge and awareness levels of copyright infringement among learners utilising digital technologies in Sunway College Johor Bahru Krishnaveni Sritharan, * Wee, Vivien Mui Eik * Chin, Rachel May Ying Jong, Emmy Ee Mei LB Theory and practice of education Technologies especially Web 2.0 tools and mobile devices are transforming the way education is delivered. As such higher education institutions are experiencing an emerging pedagogical trend that may cause copyright infringement. The Copyright Act 1987 was legislated to inspire continuing creative work among academicians. Hence, the knowledge and awareness of Copyright Law and its infringement becomes increasingly significant in protecting the academicians’ work. Unawareness of the law can cause students to infringe the law and it can affect academicians’ work. An initial survey was conducted on 127 first year students from all nine programmes of Sunway College Johor Bahru. The results reveal that although the respondents have a relatively high awareness level and claim to understand the infringement; their actual knowledge level is only approximately 50% of the law. Also, the knowledge and awareness levels have very little correlation with the attitude level towards the Copyright Law. Sunway College Kuala Lumpur 2015 Book Section PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/292/1/Krishnaveni.pdf Krishnaveni Sritharan, * and Wee, Vivien Mui Eik * and Chin, Rachel May Ying and Jong, Emmy Ee Mei (2015) A case study: the knowledge and awareness levels of copyright infringement among learners utilising digital technologies in Sunway College Johor Bahru. In: Unlocking borders in education: proceedings of the 3rd Pre-University Conference, 6 September 2014, Bandar Sunway. Proceedings of the Sunway Academic Conference (2014). Sunway College Kuala Lumpur, Bandar Sunway, pp. 33-37. ISBN 978-967-13697-0-8
spellingShingle LB Theory and practice of education
Krishnaveni Sritharan, *
Wee, Vivien Mui Eik *
Chin, Rachel May Ying
Jong, Emmy Ee Mei
A case study: the knowledge and awareness levels of copyright infringement among learners utilising digital technologies in Sunway College Johor Bahru
title A case study: the knowledge and awareness levels of copyright infringement among learners utilising digital technologies in Sunway College Johor Bahru
title_full A case study: the knowledge and awareness levels of copyright infringement among learners utilising digital technologies in Sunway College Johor Bahru
title_fullStr A case study: the knowledge and awareness levels of copyright infringement among learners utilising digital technologies in Sunway College Johor Bahru
title_full_unstemmed A case study: the knowledge and awareness levels of copyright infringement among learners utilising digital technologies in Sunway College Johor Bahru
title_short A case study: the knowledge and awareness levels of copyright infringement among learners utilising digital technologies in Sunway College Johor Bahru
title_sort case study: the knowledge and awareness levels of copyright infringement among learners utilising digital technologies in sunway college johor bahru
topic LB Theory and practice of education
url http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/292/
http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/292/1/Krishnaveni.pdf